Cork-pull



onirno STATES PATENT curios;

WILLIAM G. WYGKOFF, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORK-PULL.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,394, dated May 21, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM C. WVYoKoFF, of Brooklyn, Kings county,State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a new andImproved Instrument for Drawing Corks, which I term a Cork-Pull and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a view of myimproved cork pull when open before insertion into a cork; Fig. 2 a viewof the same showing handle A. 'B. folded in line with rod H. I. toenable cork to be passed over the same, Figs. 3 and 4, views showingmodes of attaching handle A. B. to rod H. I.; Fig. 5, view of handlefolded when hinged to rod; Fig. 6, detached view, showing fork F pivotedto rod H. I; also spring J sometimes employed to operate fork F.; Fig.7, detached view showing fork F attached in a fixed position to rod H.1.; Figs. 8 and 9 show the mode employed for attaching a handle A. B.when it is desirable to disconnect the same from the rod H. I; Fig. 10,a view of a cork-pull formed from one and the same piece of metal.

In the drawings, like parts of the invention are designated by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and operation ofa corkpull as hereinafter set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willspeak of its construction and operation.

Of the handle-In the drawings A. B. show the handle of the cork-pullthat may be pivoted G directly to the rod H. I as shown in Figs. 1 and 2or hinged O to the same, as in Figs. 3, 4; and 5, or the rod H. I mayhave a screw thread out upon it, and the handle A. B. be provided on itsinterior with a screw thread as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. When the lattermode of at tachment is employed, the handle can at any time be detachedfrom the rod. When the handle A. B is hinged or pivoted to the rod H. I,it will be seen by referring to Figs. 2 and 5 that the handle A. B. canbe folded in line or nearly so with the rod H. I, the rod H. I in thesecases being halved or grooved for the purpose.

In the case illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9 the handle as previously statedis readily removed by unscrewing the same.

In Fig. 10, the handle A. B and rod H. I are formed of one and the samepiece of metal.

Of the r0(Z.H. I, showa rod formed of any suitable metal and providedwith a sharp conical point for the purpose of enabling the user toinsert the instrument readily into the cork to be drawn.

Of the f0rh.F shows a fork fastened to the rod H. I as shown in Figs. 1,2, 5 and 6 by means of pivot G, upon which it plays readily to and fro,the rod H. I being provided with a groove or slot at E in which itrests. In Fig. 7, the fork F is attached to the rod H. I in a fixedposition by means of a rivet G and in Fig. 10, by welding or otherwise.This fork F is so constructed that when attached to the rod H. I andfolded in the slot or groove E of the same,

its point may project slightly beyond the line of the rod H. I.

J, Fig. 6, shows a spring, for the purpose of operating in some cases,the fork F.

Operatiom-My improved cork-pull hav ing been thus constructed itsoperation may be thus set forth: The handle A. B. having been placed atright angles to the rod H. I. the point is inserted into the cork to bedrawn, by pressing the instrument clownward. During this operation thefork F attaches to the rod H. I in the groove E folds into true ornearly so with the rod H. I exqepisin llgacafserof Fig. 10, where it(the fork) simp y o dswtgainst the rod. IVhenthe rod H. I has beeninserted a sufficient distance to bring the point of the fork F belowthe bottom of the cork, the instrument should then be pulled upward bymeans of the handle A. B, by which action the point of the fork Fpenetrates the cork, causing the fork F to open to the angle limited byits construction and attachment, namely, less than a right angle andcatching the portion of the cork contained in the space formed by thatangle, enables the operator to readily withdraw the cork. To remove thecork from the instrument after the operation just de scribed, severaldevices are shown in the drawings. In Figs. 2 and 5 the handle A. B.being hinged or pivoted to the rod H. I. is readily folded and rests inline or nearly so with the rod H. I, thus enabling the cork to be passedover it. In Figs. 8 and 9, the handle A B is detached from the rod H Iover which the cork is passed. In Fig. 10, a portion of the rod is shownas bent so as to form a handle A B over which the cork is passed.

The spring J Fig. 6, will in some cases be found exceedingly useful tothrow the fork F out, though in many casesthe fork can be made of springsteel, as shown in Figs. 7 and 10.

By constructing and attaching the fork F to rod H. I in such a manner,that when in operation, it (the fork F) shall form an angle less than aright angle, the strength and power for the purpose intended, of theinstrument is much increased.

By thus constructing my improved corkpull, I produce an article of greatutility, durability, strength for its purpose and cheapnessparticularlythe latter when the instrument shall be made as shown in Fig. 10, whileconvenience is consulted in a great degree from the facts that all theparts of the instrument may be folded in a direct line or nearly so witheach other.

To illustrate the readiness with which my instrument operates in manycases it' will not be found necessary to insert the point of the fork Fbelow the bottom of the cork.

Having thus fully set forth my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is- The use or employment of a pointed rodH. I. in combination with the fork F operating automatically or operatedby the spring J, and folding handle A. B, when the same shall bearranged and operated in the manner described and for the purposespecified.

WM. G. WYOKOFF.

In presence of A. SIDNEY DOANE, GEO. W. HUNT.

